The whole end of speech is to be understood.

There are three degrees of filial piety. The highest is being a credit to our parents, the second is not disgracing them; the lowest is being able simply to support them.

The superior man is intelligently, not blindly, faithful.

First there must be order and harmony within your own mind. Then this order will spread to your family, then to the community, and finally to your entire kingdom. Only then can you have peace and harmony.

If we don't know life, how can we know death?

Fix your mind on truth, hold firm to virtue, rely on loving kindness, and find your recreation in the Arts.

Words are the voice of the heart.